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Nantong, referred to as Tongzhou for short, was called Jinghai, Chongzhou, Chongchuan and Zilang in ancient times. It is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province and the central city of the Yangtze River Delta. Invited by Shanghai and Suzhou Lighting, Nantong is the economic center and modern port city of China Yangtze River Delta determined by the State Council.
By the end of 2022, Nantong had three municipal districts, 1 county, and three county-level cities, with a total area of 800 1 square kilometer and a permanent population of 7,743,500.
Nantong is located in the east of China, southeast of Jiangsu, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, bordering the Yellow Sea in the east and the Yangtze River in the south. It is the gateway of Shanghai metropolitan area, the core component of Yangtze River urban agglomeration, and one of the first batch of 14 coastal open cities in China. Set gold coast and golden waterway in one, the coastline is 284 kilometers long and the coastline along the river is 226 kilometers long.
Nantong is a national historical and cultural city. It has been more than a thousand years since Zhou Xiande built the city three years after the Five Dynasties. In the modern history of China, Nantong established the first normal school, the first museum, the first textile school, the first embroidery school, the first drama school and many other firsts, and was praised as "the first city in modern China".
Nantong is the birthplace of "Nantong Phenomenon of Spiritual Civilization", the most advanced region in major spiritual civilization construction in China and Jiangsu Province, and has been rated as a national civilized city for five consecutive times. Nantong is the annual symbol city of the first Healthy China, and was awarded the first "World Longevity Capital" by the International Association of Natural Medicines.
Nantong is located at the intersection of the river and the sea, belonging to the river-sea plain, and the whole territory is a fluvial marine sedimentary plain formed in different periods. It can be divided into Langshan Remnant Hill Area, Haian He Lixia Low Lake Sedimentary Plain Area, North Shore Ancient Shazui Area, Tonglu Shuiji Haihe Sedimentary Plain Area, Nantong Ancient River Tributary Water Network Plain Area, Southern Plain and Mainland Area, Sanyu Marine Plain Area and Binhai New Reclamation Area.
The regional outline of Nantong city is longer in the east-west direction than in the north-south direction, surrounded by water on three sides and land on one side, showing an irregular diamond shape. The terrain is low and flat, and the surface is slightly undulating. The altitude is generally 2~6.5 meters, and it is slightly inclined from northwest to southeast. The vast plain and dense water network are its remarkable characteristics.